Arts
Poet Daniel Cockrill invites Poet, Spoken Word Artist and Playwright Zia Ahmed round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer two Poet Waffle Big Questions: Have you ever had a broken heart? & Are you the same person you were when you was fourteen years old? Topics covered include: Defining a Shed, Expectations, Roundhouse Collective, Sean Mahoney, Youth Theatre, Polarbear, Bridget Minamore, Paul Cree, Dropping out of University, The Study of the Other, Film Studies, Crash, Over Analysing, Having The Enthusiasm Knocked Out Of You, Pagematch, Meadowlands Festival, Copying a Style, John Cooper Clarke, Football, Things You Can’t Teach, Maradona, Working Class Spirit, The Not Knowing, Working Class Voices, Being Told You Are Not The Real Thing, Harry Baker on Exam Results, Giving Advice To Your Younger Self, Making Your Own Mistakes, Life After Grief, Gut Feelings and I Wanna Be Yours.